Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758Newly set into type expressly for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1964 - Almanacs, American - 300 pages |
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Page viii
... wisdom and common sense . Since running away from Boston and walking the fifty miles from Perth Amboy across New Jersey , he had founded the Junto — it met first in a tavern , then in a hired room the club that was to last for thirty ...
... wisdom and common sense . Since running away from Boston and walking the fifty miles from Perth Amboy across New Jersey , he had founded the Junto — it met first in a tavern , then in a hired room the club that was to last for thirty ...
Page 133
... Wisdom from the Mine ? Wisdom to Gold prefer , for ' tis much less To make our Fortune , than our Happiness . That Happiness which Great Ones often see , With Rage and Wonder , in a low Degree , Themselves unblest . The Poor are only ...
... Wisdom from the Mine ? Wisdom to Gold prefer , for ' tis much less To make our Fortune , than our Happiness . That Happiness which Great Ones often see , With Rage and Wonder , in a low Degree , Themselves unblest . The Poor are only ...
Page 235
... Wisdom , which does noth- ing in vain , has created such Numbers of luminous Bodies , of Magni- tudes inconceivable , and at Distances almost infinite , for no other Purpose but to afford us a little glimmering Light in the Night ...
... Wisdom , which does noth- ing in vain , has created such Numbers of luminous Bodies , of Magni- tudes inconceivable , and at Distances almost infinite , for no other Purpose but to afford us a little glimmering Light in the Night ...
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